Senior IBM Sterling OMS Developer (W2 Position, Remote)

Position Description:

Ford Motor Company is looking for a Senior IBM Sterling OMS Developer to join our Order Management engineering organization. This role is suited for an experienced engineer who enjoys working in complex enterprise ecosystems and who consistently demonstrates engineering excellence-strong design fundamentals, clean and maintainable code, disciplined unit testing, and a high bar for secure and compliant software delivery. As a Senior Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and enhancing solutions on the IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS) platform. You will work on business-critical order management capabilities that support end-to-end commerce journeys, including order capture, sourcing, fulfillment orchestration, inventory visibility, payments, cancellations, returns/exchanges, and customer care workflows. Your work will directly contribute to building reliable and scalable OMS capabilities that meet demanding performance and operational expectations. A major part of this role involves configuring and extending OMS core modules, implementing customized flows and integrations, and ensuring solutions are built with quality and operability in mind. You will also contribute to advanced customizations for Sterling Order Hub and Sterling Next Gen Call Center, helping deliver efficient experiences for business users and customer service teams. We are looking for someone who is proactive, outcome-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity-an engineer who can dig deep into complex issues, propose pragmatic solutions, and raise the overall quality bar through strong technical contributions, code reviews, and mentorship.

Skills Required:

Java, API, Agile Software Development, GitHub, System Design

Skills Preferred:

Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Angular, GCP, Tekton, React

Experience Required:

7+ years of hands-on IBM Sterling OMS development/implementation experience in enterprise environments

Strong expertise in OMS functional and technical areas, particularly around orchestration workflows and core OMS modules: Participant Modeling, Process Modeling (Sales, Returns & Exchanges, Purchase/DropShip, Transfer Orders), Sourcing, Payments and Invoicing, GIV, Custom Agents, SDF, Catalog, etc.

Experience working in containerized versions of IBM Sterling OMS

Experience in customizing IBM Sterling OrderHub and/ or CallCenter modules

Strong hands-on development skills in Core Java and microservices architecture

Strong experience with RESTful services, JSON, and integration patterns.

Solid working knowledge of SQL and data troubleshooting.

Demonstrated commitment to code quality and unit testing (e.g., JUnit/Mockito or equivalent testing frameworks)

Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot agentic frameworks for AI assisted development like GitHub Copilot or similar

Experience Preferred:

Experience working on cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, etc. Experience working on on-prem versions of IBM Sterling OMS on OpenShift platform Familiarity with CICD pipeline design, enhancements and troubleshooting Exposure to frontend technologies such as React and/or TypeScript Automation testing frameworks like Playwright, Selenium

Education Required:

Bachelor's Degree